Joel A. Barker is one of the best-known futurists in the world. His videos on the future have been translated into 20 languages and have been seen by more than 100 million people. His book on paradigms is a standard text in more than 100 universities and has been translated into 20 languages, the most recent, Russian.
Besides popularizing the concept of paradigm shifts, he started the corporate discussion of the importance of vision in 1989 with his video, “The Power of Vision.” He has influenced the role of leadership with his video, “Leadershift.” His video on “Wealth, Innovation and Diversity” helped redefine the importance of diversity in a capitalist economy. Industry Week Magazine referred to his videos as one of the most influential series of programs in the business world.
Released in 2005 and co-authored with Dr. Scott Erickson, his book Five Regions of the Future focuses on how technology is beginning to cluster in technological ecosystems and what that means to our future.
His most recent focus is on “innovation at the verge”—a new place for finding the big ideas for the 21st century. His video of that name was released in January of 2009. He is coupling that work with new tools for identifying the long-term implications of change.
Formerly Director of the Futures Studies Department of the Science Museum of Minnesota from 1975 to 1978, he has since spoken to more than one million people in North America, Europe, Asia and South America and Australia.
He has received numerous awards including two honorary doctorates. In 2006, he was named one of the 100 most distinguished educators for the past 100 years from the University of Minnesota’s College of Education. In 2008, he was identified as one of the top 100 thought leaders in personal leadership and organizational Leadership by Executive Excellence Publications.
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